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MUSTARD BOTTLE sToPPER. No. 276,683. Patented May 1,1883.

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UNITED- STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JACOB GULDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MsTARD-BOTTLE sroPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,683, dated May 1,11883.

Application filed September 27, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB GULDEN, ot' New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented an Improved Stopper for Mustard-Bottles, ofwhich the following isa specification.

Figure l is a vertical central section of my improved stopper formustard-bottles. Fig. 2 is a similar section ot' the same, showing theplug portion removed. Fig.3 is a plan or top view ofthe same; Fig. 4 aside view, and Fig. 5 a bottom view, of the same.

The object of this invention is to produce a stopper formustard-bottleswhich shall hold the contents properly confined as long as the bottlehas not yet been opened, and which, when the bottle, has been opened,can be converted into a partial stopper, leaving room, however, for thespoon by which the contents are removed.

The invention consists principally in vmak-` ing the stopper-body with anotch nearits pe riphery, and in fitting into that notch a plug whichcloses it, all as hereinafter more fully described.

The invention also consists in combining with said stopper and plug arubber strap or packing which holds the plug in place and the stoppertight. Y

1n the accompanying drawings, the letterA represents a suitablemustard-bottle.

Bis the stopper, made of suitable outline, but preferably with a fiange,,'at the upper part, which flan ge overlaps the top of themnstard-bottle. The stopper-body Bis circular; V

but at one part of its periphery it is cutaway, forming a notch, b. Intothis notch is placed a removable plug, d, which may be made of wood,cork, glass, or any other suitable material, and which plug, when inplace, completely fills the notch in the lower part of the stopper andcompletes the circular structure of the stopper-body. A rubber strap orother packing-ring, e, is placed around the stopper-body and plug d,holding the latter in place in said notch.

When the bottle is filled with mustard and ready to be shipped orstored, the stopper, with the plug in it, and with the strap c aroundthe plug and stopper, is placed into the bottle, as shown in Fig. l, andin this condition the contents ofthe bottle will be protected againstthe influx of air, or otherinjurious contact with outside matter. Assoon as the consumer opens the bottle the strap o maybe thrown away, andalso the plug d, and the notch b will then serve to admit the spoon C,as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim- 1. The bottle-stopper B, having peripheral' notch b, incombination Withplug d, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The bottle stopper B, having peripheral notch b, combined with plug dand packingring o, substantially as described.

WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ, WILLIAM H. G. SMITH.

